Hay-baler.



I. E. WARD.

HAY BALER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEZ. 1913.

Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

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HAY BALER.

APPLICATION FILED :uuzz. I913.

1,156,828, Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

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UNITED STATES: r T NT I ornion. I

IsAAc n. WARD, or ANDALE, KAnsAs'AssIGNoRmo THE roUeUEr-wARn BALE TYINGCQMPANY, on ANDALE; KANs s, A CORPORATION or KANs s.

HAY-BALER.

Application filed June 2, 1913. Seria1 1To. 771,345

. To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, IsAAo E. WAB.D a

. resident of Andale, in the. county of Sedgandmore particularly to thatclass in which wick and State of Kansas, have inventedcera divisionblock is placed'in the 'hay race and against Which block the hay ispacked, and it isone aim of the invention to provide means, actuated bymovement of the packer or plunger, to automatically place the blockswithin the hay race.

Another aim of the invention is. to provide means whereby the movementof a di-. vision block into the hay race will serve to automaticallyplace the bale wires across the race.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 Z is a plan view of the balingpress embody-,

ing the presentinvention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 isa side elevation j of one end of the press. Fig. 4:lS a perspectiveview,illustrating a portion of the mechanism, the parts being shownapproximately in their proper relative positions.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the division blocks. p g

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indi-' cated in all the views of the accompanyingdrawings by the same reference characters.

The .baling press embodying the present invention includes a wheelsupported frame including upper angle iron beams 1 and lower beams 2.The beams at each side of the frame are spaced at the forward endof theframe by means of bars 3 and the beams 1 and 2 are spaced at the topandbottom. of

the frame at the forward end thereof by means of cross barst. Sideplates .5 are secured to the beams l and 2 at each side of the frame andconstitute the sidewalls of the hay race, and plates 6 are secured uponand extended between the beams '1 and constitute the top wall of thesaid hay race. A

plate 7 is in a like manner secured to and extends between the beams'2and constitutes the bottom or floor of the hay race. I I

The numeral 8 indicates a hopper mount Specification of Letters Patent.

. motion to the Patente own, 1915.

edibetween the plates 6 through which hop per the hay to be baled is tobe-introduced into the hay race.

The baling mechanism includes the usual packer or plunger, indicated bythe numeral 9, which packer'ispreferably hollow and, of

course, is mounted to reciprocate within the hay race The plunger rod isindicated byv r the numeral 10 and is pivotally connected,

as at 11, within the packer 9. A shaft 12 is mounted in bearingsupon theframe beams l and this shaft carries apulley 13 and a fiy-' wheel 14 andfixed upon the shaft are gears 15 which mesh with gears16 having theirshafts journaled inplates 17 secured upon the frame beams at each side,of the frame. j

The gears16 are connectedby a crank pin 18 to which the plunger 10 is inturn connected,'as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. It will now be apparent thatwhen power is applied to the shaft 12, thegears 16 will be .rotated,thereby imparting reciprocatory plunger rod 10 and the packer 9. L

.As before stated, the. press embodying the present invention is of thattypejinwhich division blocks are placed within the hay,

race and one of these division blocks is clearly shown in Fig. 5 of thedrawings. Each of these blocks is preferably made up of a number of,layers,'each of whichconsists so i of anumberof wooden'strips 19 thestrips of theseveral layers are alternately arranged in cross relation,and by reference to the said Fig. 5 it will be observed that the endstrips at the opposite side edges of the, block project at shortdistances so'as to provide grooves or recesses 20. in the said oppositeedges of the block, the purpose of which recesses will be presentlyfully explained. An opening. (not shown) is provided in. one side wall 5of the hay race, and

projecting laterally from the bottom of the hay race at the lower end ofthis opening is a supporting plate'2l uponwhich is to be disposed thelower end of the block to be placed within the hay race. In ordertosupport, the block in upright position, pairs, of

supporting arms22 are secured-to the side wall 5 of the hay race andproject laterally spaced and being located at opposite sides of theopening in the said side wall so as to engage the opposites sides of thedivision block 110 disposed upon the plate 21.

therefrom, the armsof each pair being 1 As a means for moving or slidingthe division blocks into the hay race, there is pro vided a rocking armwhich is actuated by the movement of the packer 9. This arm is indicatedby the numeral 23 and is pivotally mounted, as at 24, in a bracket 25.

which extends laterally from the side wall 5 of the hay race. The rearend of the arm 23 is curved in the general direction of 'the hay race,as indicated at 26', and is arside wall of the hay race or some otherconvenient' portion of the structure, and this spring serves toyieldably hold the roller 27 in engagement with the outer cam edge of'the said cam member. The cam memher is m the nature of a plate 29 and isslidabl-y fitted between the bracket arms 25. and provided near itsforward end with an inclined cam edge portion 30. The said outer edge ofthe cam plate 29is. straight and parallel to the side of the hay racefor the greater portion of its length and rearwardly beyond its inclinedportion 30, as indicated at 31, and at its forward end the cam plate 29is provided witha relatively narrow forward extension 32, the outer edge33 of which is parallel to the edge portion 31 of the plate. The inneredge of the cam plate 29, or, in other words, that edge located nextadjacent the hay race, is pro vided with an inclined cam edge portion 34located immediately rearwardly of the extension 32 and rearwardly beyondthe edge portion 34. The inner edge of the cam plate is straight andparallel to; the side wall of the race, as indicated at 35. The saidinner edge of the cam plate is formed with a tooth '36 projectinglaterally inwardly toward the hay race and located at.

the rear end ofthe edge portion 35. Rearwardly beyond the tooth 36, thesaid inner edge of the cam plate is parallel to the side wall. of thehay race,'as indicated at 37, and is thence inclined to for'm' a camedge portion 38. A spring 39 has one end connected to the rear end ofthe cam plate 29 and its other'end connected to a bracket 40 upon thewall of the race, The tendency of the spring 39 is, of course to movethe cam plate 29 in a rearward direction. spring 41 is mounted upon thesaid side wall 5 of the hay race and bears against the edge port-ion 31of the cam plate and the tendency of this spring is to shift the platelaterlocated between them.

ally inwardly toward the said wall of the race, The cam plate isnormally held against such movement, however, by means of a detent 42-slidably mounted in a bearing 43 upon the said wall 5 and normallyprojecting at its lower end in position for the engagement therewith ofthe edge portion 37 of the cam plate for the purpose stated. The detent42 is pivoted, as at 44, to one arm of an angle lever 45, the other armof this lever standing substantially vertically beside the wall 5. As ameans for rocking the arm for the purpose of lifting the detent 42 outof position for engagement'by the edge portion 3'2 of the cam plate 29,there is provided trip bar 46 slidably mounted in a bracket 47' upon thewall 5 and having its forward end located in juxta-position to the upperend of the vertical arm of the angle lever 4.5. The opposite end of therod 46 is pivotally con nected, as at 48, to the angularly disposed endof a rock arm 49 extending from the upper end of a shaft 50 mounted insuitable bearings 51 upon the frame of the machine. Fixed upon the saidshaft 50v is a collar 52 held in place and at proper adjustment bymeansof a set screw 53. This collar carries a wing 54. A spring. 55 isconnected to the bar-46' and to the wall 5, and has atendency to, movethe said bar forwardly, as a result of which, a forward pull is.normally exerted upon the angularly disposed end of the'arm 4.9, wherebytheshaft 50will have atendency to rotate. in such direction as to swingthe. wing 5-4 inwardly toward the hay race. For a purpose to bepresently pointed out, a bar 56 is secured at its upper and lower endstothe frame beams at that side of the machine at which the mechanism abovedescribed is, located, and this bar is in the path of forward movementof the cam plate 29.

In order that the operation of the machine may be well understood, itmay be stated at this point thatas the bales are completed, they aremoved rearwardly in the hay race, together with the division'blocks,which are As the bales move in the direction stated, they will engagethe wing 54 of the shaft 50 and will force this wing inwardly, therebyrocking the shaft against the tension of the spring 55 until the partshave assumed approximately the position shown in'Fi'gs. 1 and 2. As soonas a completed bale has moved past the wing 54 and one of the divisionblocks arrives at a position opposite the saidwing, the force exerted bythe spring 45 will cause the wing to swing into the recess in theadjacent side of the division block; When this occurs, the

shaft 50- will have a slight rocking movement and the arm 49- will beswung formoved forwardly, its forward end will engage the vertical armof the angle lever 45;

and the detent 42 will be slid upwardly so as to bring its lower end outof position for engagement with the inner-edgeof the cam Dlate 29,.force the cam plate inwardly. At this time, the packer 9 will beintheposition shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings; In this position of thepacker, the edge of one side wall thereof will substantially registerwith-the adjacent edge of the side wall 5 upon which the mechanism,above described, is mounted. As the cam plate 29 is moved inwardly, itstooth 36 'thetravel of the cam edge portion 30 thereof against theroller 27 will result in the roller carrying end of the arm 23 beingswung outwardly, and as the result, the opposite end of this arm will beswung in wardly, carrying with it the division block which has beenpreviously disposed upon the supporting plate 21 and. between the arms22. The parts are so "roportioned that when the roller 27 reaches theedge portion 31 of the cam plate, the block will be properly positionedwithin the hay race. As soon as the cam plate 29 has been movedforwardly, through the medium of the packer, a suflicient distance toinsure of the proper placing of the division block within the hay race,the continued movement of the cam for a short distance will result intheedge portion 34 being brought into engagement with the bar 56, and asthis edge portion 34 rides against the bar, the forwardend of the camwill be moved outwardly a sutlicient distance to, cause thedisengagement of the tooth 36 from the edge of the side wall of thepacker. In the meantime, the detent4'2 has returned to its normalposition. As soon as the tooth 36 has been disengaged from the packer,the spring 39 will act immediately to pull'the cam plate 29 rearwardly,and in this movement of the cam plate, the edge portion 38 thereof willride against the lower end of the detent and the cam plate will beguided to its normal position and with its edge portion 37 engagingagainst the said end of the detent.

Mounted upon the side wall 5 are spools 57 upon which the bale wires arewound. The wires are led from these spools across the hay race and attheir free ends are formed with loops 58 which are engaged with pins 59located at the opposite side of the frame of the baling press. It willbe understood of course that the bale as it is The spring 4.1 will'thenact to actuation. I v

being formedcarries or feeds the wire with it into the hay race andafter the bale has been completed, the wires are cut'and their. freeends are fitted through the said loops 58 in the manner shown in Fig. 3.of the drawings and are twisted or otherwise percourse that theprovision of the recesses in the opposite edges. of the division blockspermits of the wire being'readil-y out after the completionof each bale.

Having described the construction and as sembling of my device, what Iclaim is:

- 1. In a baling press, a baling' chamber, a. packer working therein,means at one side of manently secured. It will be understood of thechamber for supporting a division block, I

an arm mounted for rocking movement and arranged to cooperate with adivision block .upon said supporting means to move the block into thebaling chamber when the arm isrocked in one direction, and a slidablymounted camv arranged for actuation by the movement of the packertoroclr the said 1 arm.

2. In a baling press, a baling chamber, a packer workingtherein, meansatone side .of the chamber for supporting a division block, an armmounted for rock ng move ment and arranged to cooperate with a divisionblock upon said supporting means to move the block into the supportingchamber when the arm is rocked in one direction,

acam memberarranged for actuation by movement of the packer to rock thearm, and

means for holding the said cam in inactive relation to the packer, thesaid means being arranged' for actuation by movement of a bale torelease the cam for actuation.

3. In a baling press, a ba ling chamber, a

packer workingtherein, means at one side of thechainber for supporting adivision block, an arm mounted fOIIOQIQHg movement and arranged tocooperate with a division block block into the baling chamber when thearm is rocked in one direction. a cam .mounted for sliding movement'andfor lateral movement and in its latter movement being arranged to bebrought into and out of cooperative relation to the packer,- the saidcam being arranged 'for cooperation with thesaid arm when moved by thepacker to rock the arm, and means for holding the cam in position out ofthe path of move ment of the packer, the said means being arranged foractuation to release the cam for move the block into the balingchamberwhen the arm 15 rocked in one direction, a l

JIDOIl said supporting means to move the lid to rock the arm, and meansfor holding the cam in position out of the path of movement of thepacker, the said means being ar ranged for actuation by the movement ofa bale to release the cam packer. I

5. Ina baling press, a bal-ing chamber, a

aackerworlrin therein. means at one side of the chamber for supporting adivision block, an arm mounted for rocking movement and arranged tocooperate with a division block upon said supporting means to move theblockinto the baling chamber when the arm is rocked in one direction, amember mounted beside the chamber and movable into and out ofcoiiperative relation to the packer and arranged when incoi perativerelation to the the packer andto rock thesaid arm, means for moving thesaid membenmto coo" eratlve relation-to the packer, and means arrangedto restrain the meniber against such movement.

6. In a baling press, a baling chamber, a packer working therein, meansat one side of the chamber "for supporting a division block,v an armmounted for rocking movement and arranged to cooperate with a divisionblock upon said supporting means to.

move the block into the baling chamber when the arm is rocked in onedirection, a member mounted beside the chamber and movable into and outof cooperative relation to the packer and arranged, when in cooperativerelation to the packer, to be actuated bv the movement of the packer andto rock the said arm, means for moving the said member into cooperativerelation to the packer, and means arranged to restrain the memberagainst such movement, the said means being arranged for actuation bymovement of a bale to release the said inember for actuation by itsmoving means.

7. In a baling press, a baling chamber having an opening in one wallopposite the throat of the chamber, plunger working in the said chamber,bale wire storage means at that side of the chamber at which the saidopening is located, means at the opposite side of the chamber forholding a bale wire passed from the wire storage means through the saidopening, thev formation of the bale by the plunger being against thelength of wire extending across the throat of the chamber and theadvancement of the bale in the chamber serving to draw the bale wireacross the said opening, and means for placing a division block in thechamber through said opening, the movement of the for actuation by theblock into the chamber serving to feed the bale wire from the wirestorage means across the throat of the chamber.

8. Ina baling press, a baling chamber, a packer working'therein, meansat one side of the chamber for supporting a division block, an armmounted for rocking movement and arranged to cooperate with a divisionblock upon said supporting means to move said block into thebalingchamber when the arm is rocked in one direction, a cam bar mounted forsliding movement beside the baling chamber and'arranged for movementinto and out of cooperative relation to the packer, means tending tomore the cam bar into operative relation to the packer, a detentarranged in the path oi movement of the cam bar into operative re lationto the packer, and means actuated by the movement 01"- a completed balefor moving the detent out of such position.

9; In a baling press, a'baling chamber, a packer working therein, meansat one side of the chamber for supporting a division block, an armmounted for rocking movement and arranged Jo-cooperate with a divisionbloclrupon said supporting means to move said block into the balingchamber when the arm is rocked in one direction, a cam bar mounted forsliding movement be side the baling chamber and arranged for movementinto and; out of operative relation to the packer, means tending tomovethe cam bar into operative relation to the packer, a detent arranged inthe path 0]": movement of the cam bar'into operative relation to thepacker, an angle lever connected with the said detent, an arm arrangedfor rocking movement and to be rocked by the movement of a completedbale, and means connected with the arm for cooperation with the anglelever to actuate the same to move the detent out of such position.

v 10. In a baling press, a baling chamber, a packer working therein,means at one side of the chamber for supporting a division block, an armmounted for rocking move ment and arranged tocoiiperate with a divisionblock upon said supporting-means to move the block into the" balingchamber whenthe arm is rocked in one dlrection, a

member mounted for sliding movement beside the chamber and having a camsuit-ace arranged for cooperatlon with the arm 'whereby, when the memberis slid in one di- "surface for cooperation with the detent in thereturn movement of the member, whereby the member upon such returnmovement will be moved out of cooperative relation to the packer.

11. In a baling press, a baling chamber, a packer working therein, meansat one side of the chamber for supporting a division block, an armmounted for rocking movement and arranged to cooperate with a divisionblock upon said supporting means to move the block into the balingchamber when the arm'is rocked in one direction, a member mounted forsliding movement beside the chamber and having a cam surface arrangedfor cooperation with the arm whereby, when the member is slid in onedirection, the arm will be rocked to so move the block, the saidmember'being movable into and out of cooperative relation to the packer,a detent arranged in the path of movement ofthe said member intocooperative relation to the said packer, means for moving the detentinto and out of position to restrain the said member against suchmovement, the said member having a cam surface for cooperation with thedetent in the return movement of the member whereby the member, uponsuch return movement, will be moved out of cooperative relation to thepacker, and means for automatically returning the member to normalposition. a

12. In a baling press, a baling chamber, a packer Working therein,meansat one side of the baling chamber for supporting a division block,a division block adapted for disposal upon said supporting means andprovided in one edge with a recess, means arranged for actuation to movethe block into the baling chamber, and means for actuating the saidblock moving means including a rocking arm mounted beside the balingchamber and arranged to be held by engagement with a bale in positioninactive to cause actuation of the means for operating the block movingmeans, the arm being arranged for movement in the recess in the divisionblock and upon such movement to render the actuating means inactive toactuate the block moving means.

13. In a baling press, a baling chamber having an opening in one wallopposite the throat of the chamber, bale wire storage means located injuxtaposition to the said the chamber serving to draw the wire from.

the storage means across the throat of the chamber. a

14. In a baling press, a baling chamber having an opening in one wallopposite the throat of the chamber, bale wire storage means located injuxtaposition to the said opening, the movement of the bale inthechamber serving to draw the wire from the. Y

said storage means across the saidopening,"

adivision block to be placed in the baling chamber through the saidopening, and means for placing the block in the said chamber, themovement of the block into the chamber serving to draw the wire from thestorage means across the throat of the chamv her, that edge of the blockwhich is to be disposed against the Wire extending across the saidopening having spaced portions to engage the wire'whereby the length ofthe wire extending between the said portions I may be readily engagedand severed.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribwitnesses.

ISAAC E. WARD.

Witnesses:-

W. BRoWN, W. D. JOGHEMS.

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